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Status Operations are available individually per workflow and are available as bulk operations when users select a number of workflows in the Workflows view.

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Suspending Workflow

The suspend operation for a workflow means that:

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• If different Agents are used in a workflow and if one of them is not available then the workflow remains in the suspending status until all Agents confirm suspension.
• If orders are added to a suspending workflow with an unavailable Agent then they switch to the blocked state.
• Orders in the in Progress or blocked state will be continued when the workflow is resumed.
  
  

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Resuming Workflows

The Resume operation is available for a suspended workflow from its action menu.

Orders waiting in the workflow in the in Progress or blocked states will continue when the workflow is resumed.

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Status Operations on Jobs

For jobs in a workflow the following status operations are available:

• Skip job: The job will not be executed, instead an order continues execution with the next instruction following the skipped job.
• Stop job: The order will be put to the suspended state if it meets a stopped job. Users can resume suspended orders.

Status operations on jobs can affect a number of Agents that are assigned the related jobs. If one or more Agents assigned to jobs in a workflow are not accessible to the Controller then the status operation is considered being outstanding.

• The Controller will forward the status operation to the respective Agents when they become accessible.
• The workflow remains in an outstanding status indicating that not all Agents confirmed the status operation.

Skipping Jobs

A job's action menu offers the Skip operation:

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For skipped jobs the status is displayed like this:

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The operation to skip a job can be reverted by using the Unskip operation that is available from the job's action menu:

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Stopping Jobs

Start Position and End Positions of Orders in a Workflow

When adding orders from JS7 - Schedules and from the Workflows view and when modifying orders in the JS7 - Daily Plan then they can be assigned

• a start position in the workflow:
  • users can select a later instruction, for example a job in a workflow, from which the order will start,
  • any top-level instructions can be selected.
• any number of end positions in the workflow:
  • more than one position can be selected,
  • any top-level instructions can be selected.

Note: The start position and end positions specify the instructions in a workflow before which an order will start or complete.

Adding Order Positions from the Instruction List

The popup window for adding orders allows to select the start position and end positions.

• Users can select top-level instructions as positions. Nested instructions cannot be selected as positions.
• A single start position can be selected and any number of end positions following the start position can be selected.
  
  

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Adding Order Positions from the Graphical View

The popup window for adding orders offers theImage Added icon to display the graphical workflow view for selecting a start position and end positions:

• For the start position users can click a single top-level instruction.
• For the end positions users can click any number of top-level instructions at which the order will complete the workflow.
  • A first click selects the position.
  • A second click unselects the position.
    
    

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Further Resources

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